Chimney Rock (Whitney) (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Morrill County, Nebraska (41.7° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 95.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: upper Whitney Member (Brule Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17322: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Paratylopus primaevus Matthew 1904 camel
"east side of Chimney Rock, 25 feet above lower Whitney Ash, Morrill Co."; this is definitely Whitney B
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Mesocyon" temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899 canid
vicinity of Chimney Rock, 80 below top of Whitney Mbr.; not clear if this is in Whitney B or Whitney C